Malaysia Ex-PM Najib Razak Sentenced to 12 Years in Jail in 1MDB Unit Case

Najib Razak, center, wears a protective mask as he arrives at the Kuala Lumpur Courts Complex in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 28.Photographer: Samsul Said/Bloomberg

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By Hadi Azmi and Anisah Shukry

July 28, 2020 at 10:37 AM UTC

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July 28, 2020 at 10:42 AM UTC

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A Malaysia court has sentenced former leader Najib Razak to 12 years imprisonment after ruling him guilty of all charges in the first of a series of trials linked to 1MDB.

Najib received his guilty verdict on Tuesday in the case involving 42 million ringgit ($10 million) of funds deposited in his personal accounts from a former unit of 1MDB. His lawyer has said an appeal against the ruling is a certainty, while seeking to keep him out of jail during the appeal process.